About the Authors

Andreas Kurth

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Kurth, Claudia Kohl

KurthA@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security, Berlin, Germany

Claudia Kohl

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Kurth, Claudia Kohl

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security, Berlin, Germany

Annika Brinkmann

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security, Berlin, Germany

Arnt Ebinger

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security, Berlin, Germany

Jennifer A. Harper

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Victoria, Australia

Lin-Fa Wang

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Victoria, Australia

Kristin Mühldorfer

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Gudrun Wibbelt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK CK GW. Performed the experiments: CK AB AE KM JAH. Analyzed the data: AK CK LW GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK CK AB AE JAH LW KM GW. Wrote the paper: AK GW.